THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (THE CRITERION COLLECTION) [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1943
• Genre: Drama, Romance, War
• Plot: Considered by many to be the finest British film ever made, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, is a stirring masterpiece like no other. Roger Livesey dynamically embodies outmoded English militarism as the indelible General Clive Candy, who barely survives four decades of tumultuous British history, from 1902 to 1942, only to see the world change irrevocably before his eyes. Anton Walbrook and Deborah Kerr provide unforgettable support, he as a German enemy turned lifelong friend of Candy's and she as young women of three consecutive generations—a socially committed governess, a sweet-souled war nurse, and a modern-thinking army driver—who inspire him. Colonel Blimp is both moving and slyly satirical, an incomparable film about war, love, aging, and obsolescence, shot in gorgeous Technicolor.
• Cast: James McKechnie, Neville Mapp, Vincent Holman, Roger Livesey, David Hutcheson, Spencer Trevor, Roland Culver, James Knight, Deborah Kerr, Dennis Arundell, David Ward, Jan Van Loewen, Valentine Dyall, Carl Jaffe, Albert Lieven, Eric Maturin, Frith Banbury, Robert Harris, Arthur Wontner, Theodore Zichy, Anton Walbrook, Jane Millican, Ursula Jeans, Phyllis Morris, Muriel Aked, John Laurie, Reginald Tate, W.H. Barrett, Thomas Palmer, Yvonne Andre, Marjorie Gresley, Felix Aylmer, Helen Debroy Summers, Norman Pierce, Harry Welchman, A.E. Matthews, Edward Cooper, Joan Swinstead, John Adams, John Boxer, Robin Burns, Erik, Eileen Farrell, Ian Fleming, Desmond Jeans, Patrick MacNee, Diana Marshall, Ferdy Mayne, Pat McGrath, Ronald Millar, Charles Mortimer, Pete Murray, Peter Noble, Wally Patch, Norris Smith, Spangle, Patricia Tidy, Robert Brooks Turner, John Varley, Norman Williams, George Woodbridge, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
• Director: Michael Powell
• Runtime: 2:44
• Company: J. Arthur Rank Films, The Archers, ITV Studios Global Entertainment, Carlton Film Distributors, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie